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FJ45Cruiser's 36x28 Garage build

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FJ45Cruiser

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We just moved this past summer and I was working out of a one car garage. Now I'm finally getting ready to build a shop/garage. Its going to be a 36x28 with an. 9x8 and 16x8 garage doors. We are putting vaulted ceiling trusses over the 9x8 door and attic trusses over the remaining which should give us a 20x12 room upstairs with 8' ceilings.


Due to the close proximity to a small stream and a pond my wife's grandfather dug back in the 50's we had to go through conservation. That has taken up the past couple months. Anyway yesterday we started taking down trees.



 
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Congrats in the build. Did the town require the hay retention around the site? Looks like the north east. We lived in Virginia and I always enjoyed the fall and working outside that time if year.
 
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Thanks. Yeah we're in Massachusetts. Great time of year to be working outside. Took down 5 maples yesterday. The straw waddles were a condition of the town conservation commission.
 
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Thanks. I ended up trading the 45 to a buddy due to a few reasons, mainly because it didn't fit the family. I ended up picking up an FJ40 that needs a little work and I've got a wheeling 40 I'm working on.

 
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The wheeling rig. It will live on the trailer.


This one will remain mostly stock and go in the garage. My buddy Poor Wally redoing the tub.


This will be a inside too.
 
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Hey FJ45, I used to have a '77 45, along with multiple others. I'm down to one now, an '84 BJ42, cool to see other cruiserheads on here!
I like the shop, also a similar build to mine which is on here somewhere as I haven't updated recently, but you'll enjoy that upper loft area. I'm in the process of starting the wiring and insulating as we speak.
Cheers, and keep the cruiser pics coming!
 
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this looks its going to be very nice! love the saltbox in the background. good to see a cruiser guy building anything.:D here's my '75. am in the middle of adding p.s.
 

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Great to see so many Cruiser heads here. RigPig you guys get all the good cruisers up there. Madoc1 your truck is sweet. I've always loved the dune beige.

A little more progress here. They poured the footings today. They are doing the forms on Thursday.




 
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Its going to be a nice work space. I love FJ 40's I had a 72 and a 78. I miss it.
 
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FJ45Cruiser

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Thanks Wayne. I checked out your build on the Camaro, real nice. I'd would love to get 70's camaro and drop an LS motor in with a T-56. Maybe I'll get to it some day.

Once the shop is built I want to restore the 73 Vette pictured above. It was my first car but I didn't actually start driving it until I was in my 20's. My Uncle bought it in the early 80's and it is the first car I fell in love with. I was heart broken when I found out he was selling it when they started having kids. We worked out a deal and I was able to buy it, I was 15 at the time.

The car that I drove in high school was a 84 Camaro. What a fun car. Put a ton of miles on it before the ****** finally went.

Anyway back to some garage activity. My wife sent me pics of the foundation being poured.

 
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Great looking garage build and cruisers! Looking forward to wrenching in there.

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Thanks. Siding got finished. They put in the reclaimed asphalt last week. Doors went in yesterday and they are coming back today to install the openers
 
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